Alumni news

NCEA Reform: Academic or Vocational?

The Government wants vocational education and training in the school curriculum, but how will it be decided whether a student takes a VET track?

Know your rhodium from your ruthenium

Tom Lehrer wrote a song about it, Daniel Radcliffe knows it off by heart, and now the Periodic Table in all its glory has come to AUT.

AUT lecturer sums up success at IMMC

Dr Kerri Spooner’s 10-year involvement with the International Mathematical Modelling Challenge pays off again.

The value of leadership “shadowing”

Is there a way to test out a role before you take it? Kate Kearins examines the benefits of “shadowing” a job before you sign on the dotted line.

Who’ll win the Women’s Rugby World Cup? 

There’s more interest than ever in the tenth Women’s Rugby World Cup, which kicks off in England on August 23. Can an AUT algorithm predict the winner? 

HRC wins for Business School

Two academics from AUT Business School, Dr Alex Plum and Dr Anca Yallop, have received significant funding from the Health Research Council.

Big changes to NCEA and polytechs

Getting New Zealand’s vocational education and training system right this time should be non-negotiable.

Celebrate Cook Islands Language Week

AUT celebrates Epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki 'Airani | Cook Islands Māori Language Week.

Science academic chairs CoRE research

AUT Associate Professor Armagan Sabetian is now chair of the research committee for the Coastal People: Southern Skies Centre of Research Excellence.

Top prizes for AUT Māori law students

Two AUT law students took out the top awards at the recent Hui-ā-Tauira, an inaugural event run by Tūmatakahuki | National Māori Law Students' Association.